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October 28, 2026 — 2 min read
What the Japan Airlines incident teaches organizations about security, backup and recovery
October 28, 2026 — 2 min read
What the Japan Airlines incident teaches organizations about security, backup and recovery
Japan Airlines (JAL) has published an official notice less than one week ago about a recent cyberattack. But prevention alone is not a complete resilience strategy. The reality is backup, recovery and disaster recovery become security outcomes, not merely IT housekeeping. or IT and security leaders, the practical takeaway is clear: Treat recovery as part of the security architecture.
May 09, 2020 — 8 min read
How Cloud Hosting Services Can Benefit from Acronis
May 09, 2020 — 8 min read
How Cloud Hosting Services Can Benefit from Acronis
Cloud hosting has evolved over the years to be a powerful way to host websites and online services requiring greater levels of performance, reliability and scalability.
May 09, 2020 — 3 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Encrypt Everything
May 09, 2020 — 3 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Encrypt Everything
One of the key elements of data protection is encryption. Users who regularly back up their files are familiar with the concept since Acronis always recommends to store data in an encrypted form. Doing so protects your data in transit to a local server or to the cloud, and it protects data when it is being stored on different media. If someone gains access to your file – either accidentally or maliciously – that person won't be able to read it or easily decrypt it if strong encryption algorithms like AES-256 are used.
April 20, 2020 — 4 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Activating Your OS Firewall
April 20, 2020 — 4 min read
What You Need to Know About Remote Work: Activating Your OS Firewall
Many of us have most likely heard the term “firewall” even if we’re not interested in IT security. But what is it? Basically it is a network security system that controls all incoming and outgoing traffic on connected machines, acting as the first line of defense against all internet threats that target local networks or particular machines.
April 20, 2020 — 6 min read
Making Remote Work Secure: Five “Must Do” Steps
April 20, 2020 — 6 min read
Making Remote Work Secure: Five “Must Do” Steps
Since COVID-19 became a global pandemic and steps were put in place to contain its spread, more and more people have been forced to work from home. This transition requires many changes in how individuals and organizations operate and communicate, especially in terms of using computers, personal devices, and specific software that enables remote work.
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Seventeen tips for Hyper-V disaster recovery that could save your bacon
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Seventeen tips for Hyper-V disaster recovery that could save your bacon
The cyber world can be a perilous one. Even though you may never know exactly when a disaster will occur, you should always be ready for any scenario that may unfold across your data center. We have compiled a list of 17 tips that you can use to help you keep your datacenter ready for any type of disaster that may occur.
March 31, 2020 — 9 min read
Unified Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Platform
March 31, 2020 — 9 min read
Unified Microsoft Azure Cloud Security Platform
The only security suite specifically designed and optimized for Azure
March 31, 2020 — 2 min read
Virtual machine management and administration
March 31, 2020 — 2 min read
Virtual machine management and administration
Experience simple processing with faster results to create and manage your VM lifecycle.
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Top 10 benefits of multicloud
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Top 10 benefits of multicloud
With all the hype about private, public and hybrid clouds in business computing, the concept of multi cloud for IT services often gets left behind. But this can change.
March 31, 2020 — 16 min read
What is Hyper-V: The authoritative guide
March 31, 2020 — 16 min read
What is Hyper-V: The authoritative guide
Whether you’re just beginning to look into virtualization platform options for your company, or you’re a new Hyper-V user trying to get up to speed, it can be a challenge to find all the information you need in one place. That’s why we created this guide — to give you an all-in-one resource you can bookmark and refer back to as often as you need to, so you can get up and running on Hyper-V more smoothly.
March 31, 2020 — 3 min read
Hyper-V checkpoints: Why, when and how to use them
March 31, 2020 — 3 min read
Hyper-V checkpoints: Why, when and how to use them
Before making changes in Hyper-V, whether it involves software configuration changes or a new software update, it's a good idea to first create a Hyper-V checkpoint.
March 31, 2020 — 17 min read
What is Azure? A complete guide
March 31, 2020 — 17 min read
What is Azure? A complete guide
In a 2017 survey, Microsoft Azure was identified as the most-used public cloud, and the one most likely to be purchased or renewed, according to 28% of survey respondents — the highest percentage for any public cloud provider. With results like this, it’s no wonder the number of businesses interested in Azure continues to climb.
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Seven tips for Hyper-V monitoring that you'll wish you'd read sooner
March 31, 2020 — 5 min read
Seven tips for Hyper-V monitoring that you'll wish you'd read sooner
Learn how to better manage your Hyper-V environment and improve performance. In this article, we’ll walk through how to optimally configure your VMs and servers. Then, we’ll provide a number of tips for Hyper-V monitoring.